They dueled.
It wasn't the Light versus the Dark.
It wasn't Master versus Apprentice.
It wasn't lover versus lover.
It was simply Obi-Wan versus Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin was on the attack.
He had backed Obi-Wan up into the control room, their sabers cutting into the sides of the hallway.
Their light sabers crashed against each other again and again.
Obi-Wan felt cold anger seep through their bond.
The ties that had bound them together for so long were fraying rapidly.
Vader's powers had grown stronger when he joined the Dark Side, and they were evenly matched.
Blow for blow their blades met.
The control room was still filled with the bodies of the Separatists that Vader had slayed.
Obi-Wan noted this with horror.
Anakin had spared no one.
He kicked Obi-Wan square in the chest, causing him to go flying backwards.
He landed on top of a table, and Anakin met his every strike.
He reached out into the Force to shove Anakin away, but Anakin did the same.
Their hands met, each trying to shove the other away.
The sheer amount of power behind their moves sent both of them flying to opposite sides of the room.
Anakin slammed into the control panel, causing the shields that held the fortress above the lava to turn off.
Alarms blared as the castle began it's descent into the fiery depths below.
Their blades meet again, while explosions of lava went on around them.
They grabbed out each others wrists, locking them in an impasse.
Neither could use their blade.
Obi-Wan looked once again into Anakin's yellowed eyes.
They stood there for a moment, and time seemed to slow down.
Sweat dripped down Obi-Wan's neck.
They stood there, arms locked.
Their faces were mere inches apart.
Close enough to kiss.
But Anakin had other ideas.
He leapt away from Obi-Wan, and they found themselves once again locked in a deadly battle.
The fortress began slipping dangerously over the edge of the lava falls.
Obi-Wan leapt off the doomed tower.
Obi-Wan called upon the Force to bring him safely onto a piece metal hovering above lava.
He watched as Anakin did the same thing.
He had secretly hoped that Anakin would have gone over the lava falls, but of course that didn't work out.
Their platforms floated dangerously close to the lava.
"Anakin!" Obi-Wan called out.
"Chancellor Palpatine is evil!"
"From my point of view the Jedi are evil!"
Anakin shouts.
"Well then you are lost!"
Obi-Wan calls out, but his voice was nearly drowned out by the roar of the lava.
The floating metals rotate around each other, and Obi-Wan stares into Vader's eyes.
The only thing he can see is hatred, but he senses so much fear.
"This is the end for you, my lover" Anakin spoke gravely.
Obi-Wan said nothing, but felt the crack in his heart grow ever wider.
Their sabers crashes together yet again.
Obi-Wan held his light saber against Vader's, pushing him back. He used the Force to leap onto the black sand of the river bank.
He stood there, high above his Apprentice.
"It's over Anakin! I have the high ground." He called out, hoping his Padawan would know when he was defeated.
"You underestimate my power!" He yells. Anakin judgement was clouded by the Dark Side.
"Please don't try it!" Obi-Wan shouts desperately.
"I'm sick of your lectures Obi-Wan! You don't own me!" Vader screams.
He leapt towards Obi-Wan, yelling incoherently as he did so.
But not quite high enough.
Instead of Obi-Wan's saber meeting Vader's, it met his leg. Then his other leg. Then his elbow of his only flesh arm.
Obi-Wan felt like he was slicing through his own heart instead of Anakin's body.
He couldn't breathe.
He was too shocked for tears.
He knew this was coming.
He watched as Anakin's torso slid down the hill towards the lava. His severed legs rolled into the lava and disintegrated in a puff of smoke.
Obi-Wan just stood there as Anakin screamed in pain.
Screamed for mercy.
But Obi-Wan was not feeling merciful.
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Restore balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"
Anakin just writhed in agony.
Obi-Wan noticed a glint of metal above him on the hill.
Anakin's light saber.
He picks it up, and tucks it safely into his belt.
The last reminder of his love.
"I HATE YOU!" Anakin screams.
So much anger in those cruel words.
These words scorch Obi-Wan's heart.
And then they shatter it.
"I loved you!" Obi-Wan yells.
Obi-Wan watched as fire suddenly consumed Anakin's body.
He watched as his world burned on the black sand below him.
Obi-Wan Kenobi died that day.
Of course, his body didn't die, but he lost a part of his souls he knew would never come back.
He fell to his knees as Anakin's screams burned through his heart.
But he picked himself up, and climbed into his ship. His body ached from the intense duel, but his heart hurt so much more.
The Jedi were dead.
Padmé was dead.
The Sith ruled once again.
Obi-Wan didn't look back as his ship fled the planet and vanished into the night.
Anakin was in so much pain.
Physically, it was sheer agony.
But mentally, it was worse.
To be cut down by the man he loved so much burned hotter than the lava ever could.
But Anakin had done this to himself.
When he could have gone with Obi-Wan. They could have rebuilt the Order. They could have been truly together. They wouldn't have to hide their relationship.
But he chose not too.
He chose himself over Obi-Wan.
And now himself is all he will ever have.
Anakin knew he was dying.
The lava burned through his body, destroying his robes and his hair.
It scorched his lungs and his face.
He continued to writhe in agony.
His vision faded, his eyes destroyed by fire.
He slipped in and out of consciousness.
Slipping away.
His mechanical hand grabbed loosely at the black sand.
He felt his grasp on life become weak.
Anakin tried to let go.
He longed for death's black embrace.
He sensed Lord Sidious approaching.
"Lord Vader, You live!" he whispered excitedly.
Anakin could not speak, his vocal chords had burned with the rest of his body.
His eyes closed, and he plunged into oblivion.